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The U.S. Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO) is a national organization of scientists and engineers involved in researching the properties of magnetically confined burning fusion plasmas.
U.S. Burning Plasma Organization eNews
January 24, 2012 (Issue 62)
Included in this month's issue: Read it Online or Download/Print it Here
- Director's Corner by C. M. Greenfield
- USBPO Topical Group Highlights
- Pedestal dynamics in ELMy and lithium-enhanced ELM-free discharges in NSTX
- ITPA Reports
- 21st Meeting of the ITPA Diagnostics Topical Group
- Upcoming Burning Plasma-related Events
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Announcements
Call for U.S. Papers for IAEA 2012 Fusion Energy Conference
Mar 12-13, 2012, Disruption Workshop (USBPO Disruption Task Group with VLT and USIPO), San Diego, CA
"ITER Research Needs" a report by David Campbell, Plasma Operation Directorate, ITER Project, presented to the ITPA Coordinating Committee, Cadarache, France; December 12, 2011.
The ITER Organization launches competition for the 2012 Monaco/ITER Postdoctoral Fellowships.
These Fellowships allow recent PhD graduates to join the ITER Organization for a period of up to two years.
The ITER project involves a wide range of cutting-edge research activities in fusion science and technology. As a Monaco Postdoctoral Fellow at ITER, you will be working with some of the leading scientists and engineers in fusion energy research and conducting a research program which will contribute to the realization of one of the great scientific goals of the 21st century. The announcement and instructions for applications can be found on the ITER website.